Show whoa cried policeman flynn whoa I 1 tell yel the man with the automobile slowed up and finally came to a full stop what s the matter he asked matther ejaculated policeman flynn D ye think this Is a tra ack ha ave ye th idee that tb people on th cross walks Is hur adles an that t Is f r you to show th kind lv i jockey ye are are ye lv th opinion that ye re doln th cha arge lv th light brigade all be ye I 1 jl ha ave no goin out aether th record where I 1 m a po Us ba adge this isn t an automobile asserted 1 the man who had been stopped I 1 can t afford anything so aristocratic as that this Is only a horseless carriage may be t Is so returned policeman flynn but t Is wr rong ye are it ye think this Is a an if ye persist in vl alln th la aw run ye in I 1 will that I 1 m violating no law replied the man in a quiet tone oho ye think ye re rt don t ye exclaimed policeman flynn ye d go to hairs with a po allsman an to come over him with th ol 01 joke lv boorse ye re vl latin no la aw now F r because I 1 sh topped ye T Is not th likes lv you that can throw down barney flynn on that gag to ma ake a monkey IT me oh well do it replied the man but I 1 want to caution you about one thing you husn t touch me or interfere with me in any way I 1 get my hand on the levers it you do we re likely to go sailing through the side of a house I 1 must 1 ave ye alone absolutely thin don t ye put ye er ha ands on tham things or bat ye over th head exclaimed policeman flynn how do I 1 know where ye 11 la and me you don t ye might r run me miles awa ay I 1 might go on yourself answered the man I 1 m in the hands of the law and so 1 the automobile let the law run it I 1 ve heard iv th machin ry iv th la aw commented policeman flynn but t is th fir time I 1 was iver up it D ye think I 1 m coln to run th certainly it I 1 laid me ha ands on thim handles we d be climbing th poles an lampin over houses an lots your lookout not touch thim I 1 ha ave a wite to support an t w u d be a sha ame t me to ta ake me own life an it luka to me went on the patrolman begin ning to show signs of anger like ye was whoa I 1 tell ye I 1 but I 1 haven t been violating any law insisted the man ye ha avent cried policeman flynn his breath airey airly taken away by the calm assertion ye ha avent oh no iv boorse ye ha aven t ye ve only been cr keepin along like ye was a ba aby s go cart why ye garyleen gasy leen ye ve been makin miles an hour what of if asked the man there s no law against it sa ay cautioned policeman flynn with a solemn shake of his bead a joke s a joke an I 1 can ta ake wan with th nex ma an but don t be aether push in me too tar or ha ave ye before th po coort I 1 will so on what charge demanded the man fa ast answered police man flynn I 1 haven t been driving fast asserted the man I 1 haven t been driving at all the law says riding or driving any horse or horses or other animals and that doean doesn t affect me policeman flynn scratched his head he gasn wasn t sure that the ordinance was correctly quoted but neither was he prepared to deny it it certainly sound ed right luk at that now he said at last like thim gazaros that makes th la aw t to 1 ave a cha ance f th ma an that vi lates it to skin out iv it here I 1 am to do me auty an no cha ance f r anny thing but th wor iv it I 1 do th la aw is made f r th good people but t Is r read be th coorts f r th other if they s a hole in it th lawyer a crow ba ar in an th judge gives a bit iv help an bethune th two they ma ake th op nin big enough t r to put a lococo alve intine through it I 1 had th ma akin iv th la aw I 1 d ha ave first ly all in tb big book a sentence sin tence r like this th la aws herein mane what they mane an not what they sa ay th only wa ay f r now a ma an up a la aw he knows what he s aether an everybody Ivery body use knows what he s aether but th coort takes two fa alls out iv it an he gets what he doean doesn t want or use th la aw is broke into sma all bits well remarked the man with the 1 keep ye er na ands off not 1 ave ye do it automobile it you re through talking to yourself move along not so ta ast interposed police man flynn ye may be r right an ye may be wr rong but they s wan p int I 1 want settled D ye to keep down to th la awful there is no lawful speed for me answered the man defiantly I 1 can go as fast as I 1 want to M m m now majd policeman flynn to himself as he drew his band thought fully across his chin I 1 wisht I 1 ha ad th good woman here f r to tell me what to do a mighty puzzling thing but he added addressing the man with the automobile it ye re coln to ma ake th pe give exhibitions iv gr round an lofty take th an r run ye in come on returned the man mak ing room tor the officer on the seat be side him policeman flynn hesitated for a mo ment and then climbed up go ehlow he cautioned or twill be th wor arse f r ye you don t suppose I 1 m going to take myself to the station do youa retorted the man you 11 have to take me iv choise take ye said police man flynn t r eliat I 1 m here G wan now keep ye er ha ands off not 1 ave ye do it it you won t run it and you won t let me what are we going to doa it was a hard problem and policeman flynn looked puzzled I 1 wisht th good woman was here he sighed tig a fine thing I 1 ve been doln to an me an ol 01 man on tb M m well take ye with out th somebody may run away with it protested the man in alarm ta ake th r risk said policeman flynn G wan now out ye go say returned the man weakening just call it all off and I 1 II 11 promise to keep within the lawful rate of speed for horses ye will sure give me ye er ca ard so s know where to find ye it ye re alyin to me the man handed over a card and po flynn jumped to the ground G wan now he said and when the man had turned a corner he drew a long breath and muttered to himself he had me worried he did that oho Us a fine picture I 1 d make ma archin him off an 1 avin th f r th la ads to pla ay with a gr reat bluff I 1 put up but thank bivin it 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